I’ve been a bit of a slacker with my blog lately and I apologize to all my wonderful friends, both new and old, who visit regularly to read about me.  I guess I’ve been in a bit of a funk with not many new details to provide about the whole fertility thang and nothing too exciting going on in my everyday life. 

Last night we had great friends over with their two totally adorable little guys for dinner.  I made chicken parmesan with pasta and meatballs for our meal, and then for dessert, some pound cake layered with strawberries and whipped cream.  Delish!  Even better was the good company of our awesome friends and the laughs with their boys.  Have I mentioned how adorable they are?  OK, just checking!  It was a fun night and I think the first time I’ve ever restrained from having alcohol, Rosemount Shiraz to be exact.  Which was kind of weird, but fine with me at the same time.  I actually didn’t miss it.  I saw everyone else drinking and it didn’t bother me, which is awesome.  And I love me some good red wine!  Of course playing safe, I didn’t want to go there; I may as well get used to it now.  Practice makes perfect.

We didn’t do much yesterday during the day.  In the morning we met with my father, our financial advisor, and our attorney up at my dads office to discuss setting up a Trust for Eric’s life insurance policy.  It was awkward, but necessary, especially with children on the horizon.  We had to discuss things about ages money would become available to surviving children and the way it would be distributed to them should something, God forbid, happen to Eric, and then eventually me.  We had to talk seriously about Power Of Attorney stuff and who to appoint after each other, DNR’s and all that morbid talk.  It was emotionally draining.  I don’t like to think about ANY of that, but I suppose it is smart to plan ahead.  And my father is a huge advocate of that, being a financial advisor and all.  After that I did the normal weekend cleaning and then prepared all the food for our before mentioned dinner. 

Oh Yeah!  And Friday night we went to go see 27 Dresses!  Kim now you don’t have to ask me if I’ve seen it yet…LOL.  I’ve wanted to see it for ever now.  It was good, pretty funny but I would wait until it comes out on video if you haven’t already seen it.  Just my opinion.

And now today we are kinda just hanging around.  It’s cloudy and rainy here on Long Island.  And the temperature is supposed to drop as the day goes on.  I really really really wish we would have one good snow fall!  Just one.  It always looks so pretty and then I love to go drive around the neighborhoods to see how beautiful the trees and the houses look covered in snow.  Geeeeek!  I also still have to finish cleaning and purging the upstairs spare bedroom (the one that will eventually be the nursery).  I started last week and have more to purge.  Just very not in the mood right now.  But it’s still very early here, so I’ll get to it. 

In super exciting news…this week we may find out if this cycle was a success.  I have my first beta on Tuesday!  Now, I’ve given this lots of thought, and I’m 99.229% sure I’m not going to post anything about the results for at least a week, whether it is or isn’t positive.  Why?  To protect our innocence and not jinx anything, as dumb as that may sound.  So I’m sorry folks…there will be a bit of a longer wait for you guys before you know anything.  But I have to do what I have to do.  We need to see if things move in a positive direction before yelling from a mountain top that I’m pregnant, if in fact I am. I’m sure you all understand.  I’ll still be posting regularly though…just not about whether I am or am not.  It will be extremely early in the game and I just don’t think I will feel comfortable spreading the word with it being to fresh and fragile.

On the other hand, I have been known to give out Christmas gifts early.  So be sure to check back often because I may not be able to contain myself if I am!